Care guide at a glance
Pseudojuloides cerasinus
Description
A slender pencil wrasse, the males in green and magenta with fine longitudinal lines. Delicate and rarely offered.
Feeding
Carnivorous, feeding on small invertebrates. Frozen mysis and enriched brine shrimp several times daily, in a mature tank with a live pod population.
Compatibility
Reef safe with corals but hunts small invertebrates. Peaceful and easily outcompeted at feeding.
Behaviour and personality
Works the rockwork constantly, burying in the sand bed to sleep. Slow to settle after import.
Before you buy
Pencil wrasses frequently arrive underweight and need a mature system with abundant live food, a deep fine sand bed and several feeds daily while settling.
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